2009 Performance Calendar

February 6-8, 2009 FiveOne Live @ the CPT Big[BOX] 2009

FiveOne, the Cleveland-based new music ensemble, will perform works in collaboration with dancers Carly Dorman and Sara Lawrence. The performances will include a mix of genres, live and recorded music, and is certain to surprise.

...A melding of original choreography by dancers Carly Dorman and Sara Lawrence with new music from local classical ensemble FiveOne. "Rather than remain as two separate shows," enthuses Bobgan, "the groups have come together" to create "the kind of artistic intersection that makes Big [Box] so cool."...James Damico (Cleveland Scene, 2009)

March 30 - April 1, 2009 Mauthe Quartet Elderhostel Residency

Residents of Menorah Park Center for Senior Living in Beachwood, OH will join the Mauthe String Quartet in a three-day lecture series, as they demonstrate how Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 18 No. 1 and Schubert's Death and the Maiden Quartet, two pieces from the concert program entitled "Songs Without Words: Literature in Music" evolves from the conception of programming through the intricacies of rehearsal and ultimately performance, as well as discussion on how they might customize the same program for different audiences.

The Mauthe Quartet will conclude the first day with a public concert. All are invited to attend.

November 22, 2009 Allen, Laothai & the Mauthe String Quartet

Experience snapshots of world cultures and different points in history -- past, present and future. Join Cleveland-based Mauthe String Quartet as they perform Jeremy Allen's hot-off-the-press work, Mercury Retrograde. The piece, which was commissioned by Erica Ward, is the culmination of over a year of collaboration between artists and composer.

Thai pianist Oomi Banchinda Laothai will also join the program, for a passionate rendition of Piazzolla's Grand Tango.

No Intermission. Please join the musicians for a reception after the concert.